Official Opening of the Club Francaise

 

On 16th of December the Mikes Kelemen High School Library opened officially the Club Francaise.
Our special guests were Mrs. Elena Anghelescu executive-,  and Mr. Claude Aubé vicepresident  of the Alliance Francaise from Braşov.
They were discussing with our students about the importance of the French language.

During the meeting we were discussing about future collaboration with the Alliance Francaise.
We are very happy to announce, that they accepted to come monthly to our club, and help us to create a real home for the French language!
Thank you very much Alliance Francaise!

We have to take the opportunity to thank you to Mrs Madár Júlia, our French teacher, for the collaboration.
Article about the Club Francaise: http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/ajanlo/18278-Francia-sarok-knyvtrban.html
About the Alliance Francaise: http://www.afbv.ro/

Christmas Jeopardy

The American Corner organized a Christmas Jeopardy. Courtney Brown was the quiz master. The winners received a prize from the Mikes Library.

Meseszer

 Finally, our school library entered in the "Meseszer" fairy tale project, started by the Bródy Sándor Public Library / Eger /Hungary.

Our 4th grader students were telling tales to the Csipike Kindergarten children. We invited them because we already have a traditional fairy tale telling program called "Mesemaraton", during which our 11-12th graders are read tales to the 1-4th graders.

 An other difference between the two projects is that the rules of "Meseszer" said, that we have to invite two representatives from other scool or public libraries, who will continue this campaign.

The children from the kindergarten enjoyed very much the tales and for us it was a good opportunity to present them our library, because many of these children will be our future students.

Our activity in the newspapers:
http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/34930/meseszer_az_iskolakonyvtarban
http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/ajanlo/17692-Mesestafta.html 
http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/cseperedo/17831-Meseszer-Mikesben.html 

Cliche

On Tuesday, November the 16th, our readers were discussing with Courtney Brown about the stereotypes attached to gender gap.
Is the man smarter than the woman? What about the cooking?
All was ''served'' in the American Corner!

Bookmarks from Ireland

The bookmarks arrived safely from the students of St. Joseph's Secondary School,Charlestown,Ireland.
We are very happy!
On Monday we shall organize an exposition with Haszman Réka, our Art teacher.

Pen Pals with Mark Twain's Neighbours

Our 7th grade readers are pen pals with the Monroe City R-1 Schools' students. Monroe City (Missouri / USA) it is just 17 miles west of Hannibal, the boyhood home of the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
Read more about the school and the town on: http://www.monroe.k12.mo.us/ , http://monroecitymo.org/
We thank you very much to Goga Enikő, English teacher, for her cooperation.

Romanian Class in the Library? Yes, Certainly!

Today our students were learning about the dictionaries.

French Club in the Mikes High Library

On 27-th of October we started the French Club in our library. Our first guests were Mrs. Lucy and Mr. Serge Vincent. They were discussing about the beauties of Romania with our students. Thank you Serge and Lucy for your visit! Special thank you for Mrs. Madár Júlia, our French teacher, for her collaboration!

Thanksgiving Day

A new guest visited us in the American Corner. Her name is Mrs. Anne Boyd. She was discussing with our students about the special gastronomical customs of the Thanksgiving Day. Thank you Anne for your help!

American Corner: ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS

A new guest arrived in the Mikes Library.

Her name is Courtney Brown and we shall be together for a year in American Corner.

Today we were discussing about the human rights and the enviromental protection with the help of the current political, social and cultural events.

International School Library Month

This month we celebrate with a bookmark exchange. Our partners are St. Joseph's Secondary School,Charlestown,Ireland. We create about 70 bookmarks.
You can read more about Charlestown on:
http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Mayo/Towns/Charl/Charl.htm
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6798082

Librarian Conference in the Mikes Kelemen High School Library

On first day of October we organized a conference together with the Librarians of Covasna County. We celebrated with this conference the International School Library Month.
Mrs. Alis Pop, our School Library Inspector, presented in her debate the necesity of creating a common school library strategy in the Covasna County.
Mrs. Mantarosie Camelia, School Library Specialist, presented some application of the school library legislation.
Mr. László Kiss, School Library Specialist, presented project management with the title: The Key of the Success.
The cellebration ended with a free discussion and with coffee and cakes.

WE CAN READ!

Our first grade students visited us, the Mikes Kelemen High School Library, for the first time as readers!

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BEST READERS AWARDS

Our best readers were awarded on the Saint George Days. They are: Kelemen Avar and Kelemen Kupán I-IV. from grades, Szántó Ioana from V-VIII. grades, and Csiki Tekla IX-XII. from grades. Mrs. Kerekes Dóra, our school principal was greeting our winners. Each of them received a big pizza, and the librarian was their waiter! They eat the breakfast in in the library! Thank you for the Bastion Restaurant for their delicious sponsorship!

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AMERICAN CORNER'S FAIRY TALES

Little bad riding hood and the vegetarian wolf? Cinderella and the fond stepmother?-why not!
Our students wrote new stories about heroes, who don't want to be bad anymore.

15TH OF MARCH

We celebrate it with a book exhibition.

About the revolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848

WOMEN'S DAY IN THE MIKES LIBRARY

Our students were discussing with Erin about the women's situation in our days.

Conclusion: we are still the prisoners of our customs, if we choose a colour or we do a certain kind of work.

AMERICAN CORNER: US PRESIDENTS AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH

This time it was organized a jeopardy. Our students enjoyed a lot. Erin was surprised, how much did they know about the topic. The American Corner was organized in 18th of February.

FLAT JANE

A special guest arrived at our school library. She is Flat Jane and come from Oakdale, Sunset Hills and Swanson Elementary Schools / Omaha / NE / USA. Flat Jane was painted by the readers of the American school library. She will stay with us 2 weeks, during which we shall show to her our school library, our school and our town.

REMEMBERING ORBÁN BALÁZS

On 16-th of February we commemorated Orbán Balázs, the great writer, historian and politician. He died 120 years ago.

We organized a lecture marathon: 6 students were reading, 6 hours, for 427 children(16 classes from I-IV grades an 2 from kindergarten!

The lecturers were reading in three separate rooms. At the end each participant received a bookmark as a gift.

More about Orbán Balázs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbán_Balázs

AMERICAN CORNER: CIVIL RIGHTS

The Martin Luther King Day gives us the opportunity is time to discus about the human rights, about discrimination and racism. Erin Aldrich was very surprised, how much our students know about Martin Luther King. But the biggest surprise come at the end, when Erin received the gifts from our students, as an appreciation of her excellent work.

GERMAN MARATHON READING

It becomes a tradition that the German language teachers together with our library, organize the Marathon.
We started since 2006, and become a custom, but this time we organized in January the 26th and not in Christmas as usual we did. And the students had to pass a preselection before they could come to present their favorite books in our library.
We think that it was a real success. At the end each reader received a gift from our school library.

Our school library thanks to the teachers for the collaboration!

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT: A POEM A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY!

Since it began in 1995 Eurochild has published the work of thousands of young poets and artists from all over Europe in the Eurochild Anthology of Poerty and Art. Participating countries include France, Germany, Malta, Portugal, Italy, England, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, the Ukraine, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Finland, Slovenia, Georgia, Romania, Spain and of course Ireland!
The book is a cultural shapshot of a moment in time through the eyes of a child and has become an important document of issues that directly effect children in today's world .
Poetry submissions can be made from children up to 12 years of age from all over the world. Children are encouraged to write in their own native language about any issue that may be of interest to them. Poems must be written in the childs native language.The anthology is launched in Cork in June each year and the deadline for entries is Febuary of the same year.
If you are under 12 and would like to have your poem in Eurochild click here to download an application and send your entries to Eurochild, Tigh Fili, Popes Quay, Ireland, Cork.

HUNGARIAN CULTURE DAY

Our library celebrated the 22th of January with a book and videotape exhibition.